Corn-sheller



(No Model.)

O. A. WHITE. CORN SHELLER.

' No. 595,359. Patented Dec. 14,1897.

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CHARLES A. lVI-IITE, OF TOWANDA, ILLINOIS.

CORN-SHELLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,359, dated December 14, 1897.

Application filed February 23, 1897. Serial No. 624,629. (No model.)

T on whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES AQWHITE, residing at Towanda, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Oorn-Sheller, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to corn-shelling machines, and more particularly to an improved corn-sheller adapted to be used in connection therewith.

One of the objects of my inventionis to provide a cylinder so constructed as to be easily revolved and so constructed that provision will be made for the reception or discharge of the grain upon the cob.

A further object of the invention is to provide a corn-sheller so constructed that the cobs can be broken up and the parts constituting the construction always kept in a clean condition.

'With these and other objects in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a corn-sheller constructed in accordance with my invention, part of the cage-bars being omitted to more clearly illustrate the interior. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the interior mechanism removed from the cage, the upper hub being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4c is a transverse sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

vFig. 5 is a plan view of the lower cage-bar same I locate my improved sheller, the same comprising the ordinary shaft A, having the,

hubs or extensions B, in which the shaft is secured, the shaft of course extending therethrough, so as to permit of the usual drawing mechanism. The hubs or extensions B are provided on their outer peripheries with the slots 0 to secure the ends of the curved bars D E, a casing or cap F surrounding said hub, so as to hold the end of the bars or blades D in place. These blades are curved, as shown, with the depressed central portion and are so arranged that while the upper curved end D of one blade will be secured to the hub the same end of the opposite blade will be curved upwardly, while its lower portion will correspond to that of the curved end D, so that both of them will be secured in about the same manner to the hub. The ends of the blades are twisted, as shown, so as to form the flat portion adapted to enter the slot in the outer periphery of the hubs or curved portions.

The shaft A is provided with the suitable pulleys for driving it, as at H, Fig. 1, and the cageis composed of upright bars 'i, set in rings J, K, and L and a semiring M at the upper end, half this ring being omitted to provide for the entry of the corn to be shelled, a feedhopper N being provided, as usual.

It is evident that the cobs carrying the grain can enter at one end and be discharged at the other, the blades not only tending to remove the grain from the cob, but also to break the cobs.

The invention is very simple in construction and composed of a minimum number of parts, and by reason of its peculiar construction I am enabled to produce a device for the purpose intended far more simple in construction and inexpensive than any heretofore employed.

It is evident that various slight changes might be made in the forms, constructions, and arrangements of the parts described with out departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise construction herein set forth, but consider myself entitled to all such changes as might fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A corn-sheller comprising the collars or hubs carried thereby, the slots in the periphcry of the same, and the blades orbars curved as described and adapted to have their ends secured therein as set forth.

2. A corn-sheller consisting of the shaft carrying the hubs or collars on their rear portions, the slots formed therein as described, the curved blades or bars having the reduced ends to enter the said slots and a band surrounding said hub or collar, for the purpose set forth.

3. A corn-sheller consisting of the shaft carrying the collars or hubs at its ends, the slots formed on the outer periphery as described, the curved blades or bars provided With the twisted and reduced ends adapted to enter the slots of thehub or collar, and a band 

